A Burial at Sea vs Where the Crawdads Sing: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Investigation, Murder, Fiction

A Burial at Sea

A Burial at Sea Charles Finch · 2011 ★★★★☆ 4.4 314 pages · ≈ 5 h 49 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

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Cover of Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens · 2018 ★★★★☆ 4.4 384 pages · ≈ 7 h 07 m · Light Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 4.4 vs 4.4 — either is a safe pick by score.
Where the Crawdads Sing is the easier read (Light), A Burial at Sea more demanding (Moderate).

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